Stuff Etc. sends items to Free the Girls

8:27 PM,
Apr. 2, 2013

The donation barrel for Save the Girls charity at the Coralville Stuff Etc.

Written by

Luke Voelz
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

A Denver charity aiding victims of human trafficking in Africa has made its way to Iowa City.

It began with a bra umbrella.

Kimba Langas and Dave Terpstra founded Free the Girls in August 2010 after Terpstra, a Christian pastor, spent time doing service work in Mozambique helping female human trafficking victims. At a street market near the country's capital, Maputo, Terpstra noticed several vendors selling used and imported bras - including one with his wares hung from an umbrella. ...